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Not deep the poet sees, but wide.

Matthew Arnold

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
School Inspector
University Teacher
Writer
Laleham
Surrey
Sees
Wide
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Deep

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On Sundays, at the matin-chime, The Alpine peasants, two and three, Climb up here to pray Burghers and dames, at summer's prime, Ride out to church from Chamberry, Dight with mantles gay, But else it is a lonely time Round the Church of Brou.
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Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.
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Once read thy own breast right, And thou hast done with fears.
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They... who await. No gifts from Chance, have conquered Fate.
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ForTime, not Corydon, hath conquered thee.
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To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man.
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O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain!
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